Zorro noticed that on systems using nss-altfiles, some tests failed when
trying to parse /etc/passwd directly. The "getent" command does the
right thing in this case, so let's use it as long as it's available.
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/common/rc b/common/rc
index 6592c835..50312331 100644
--- a/common/rc
+++ b/common/rc
@@ -2621,7 +2621,11 @@ _yp_active()
_cat_passwd()
{
[ $(_yp_active) -eq 0 ] && ypcat passwd
- cat /etc/passwd
+ if type getent &>/dev/null; then
+ getent passwd
+ else
+ cat /etc/passwd
+ fi
}
# cat the group file
@@ -2629,7 +2633,11 @@ _cat_passwd()
_cat_group()
{
[ $(_yp_active) -eq 0 ] && ypcat group
- cat /etc/group
+ if type getent &>/dev/null; then
+ getent group
+ else
+ cat /etc/group
+ fi
}
# check if a user exists in the system
